First Day & New Friends

Today I started my job at Girl Scouts. I was totally overwhelm with information but so excited to dig into everything! The office is pretty big. There are 3 or 4 (I'm not totally sure) different teams of Membership Recruiters. I work with two other girls around my age on the Blue Team. No more big office, just a little cubicle that I share with my team. :) I have three different Service Units in the Cincinnati area. That's all I really know at this point. The other Membership Recruiters are fairly new as well so we are all learning together. I'm really excited about it and I'll have more to share later.

Tonight I also went to Happy Hour at a bar called Mulligan's in Hyde Park with some Kappa alums in the area. They call the group Night Owls. About 12 young woman showed up and they were all very nice. I exchanged contact information with a couple girls that I really liked. Most of them are pretty familiar with the area, so they gave me some great ideas of places to party, etc. Hopefully some of us will get together again soon.

Here are some pictures that I took the other day of Eden Park. They are the best but I'm still working on my camera skills. Plus it was a crummy day. Anyway, more information about the job soon! Miss you!

Outside view of the condo.

When you visit, this is the sign you are looking for! ;)

Eden Park

Eden Park (We are not sure what that is from but it looks cool!)

View of Kentucky.

Mirror Lake in Eden Park

NEW JOB!!

Well I have some great news for everyone! I'm sure many of you have already heard but Girl Scouts offered me a position! I am their newest Membership Recruiter. I guess they were impressed by my presentation (Special thanks to Katie for helping with the sash idea!). I don't have a ton of information at this point. Basically my job is to get out in the community to recruit girls, adults (leaders) and volunteers to assist me. I will have to work a few nights during the week but it looks like my weekends will be free, as long as I work hard in the week.

I am really excited to get started. I'm still in shock about the whole thing. I applied for this position back in July and never heard anything until 2 weeks ago. I feel very lucky to have found something so quickly and I can't wait to get started on Wednesday, October 14. To those of you that have talked to my Dad, don't let him trick you into thinking I have to wear the Girl Scout uniform. haha

I will make another post after my first day or week to let you know how it is going! Thanks to everyone for the birthday cards, calls and texts! What a great way to end the week! Miss and love you all!

T

Cinci Update (10/1)

My good friend Peyton started a blog a few months ago to share her experiences as a new California Wife! She has done any awesome job so far keeping everyone updated on their new life out in Cali, so I thought I would try it out myself.

As you all know, Dylan and I moved into our new place in Eden Park last weekend. It was quite a process to move. It rained all three days! Special thanks to my Mom for helping me clean and move in on Thursday. On Friday, Dylan and I packed up his apartment into a U-Haul. We picked up our new couch on the way south and had everything unloaded by 1:00 pm. Needless to say we were exhausted by the end of the day.

The new place is pretty big. We have 2 bedrooms...
Master
Guest











2 full baths
Guest Bath
Master Bath












large kitchen with wood floors












an orange living room (ha)









and a random spare room in the back.









I'm not sure what to do with the spare room. The back door opens to the spare room which allowed us to unload quickly in the rain. We've got plenty of time to figure out what works best in that room. We would like to add some additional decor once we can afford it too. Katie was in Cincinnati on Monday so we went to dinner with her. There is a GREAT outdoor mall just a few minute away. I know all of the ladies in my family will like it! They are opening a Nordstrom Rack on Nov. 20!!! We took Dylan to TJ Maxx Home Goods store for the first time. We looked at some artwork and large mirrors for the living room. I think he was a little overwhelmed but loved it. haha We'll be back soon!

We did hang out with a couple last weekend. Unfortunately, it rained all night Saturday so we just stayed in and watch the Purdue game. So Dissappointing. (The game, not staying in.) Hopefully this weekend we can hit up a few bar in Mt. Adams.

We can't wait to have visitors soon. Mom and Dad (maybe Kath & Mimi) are coming over next weekend and then Lauren and James are coming the weekend after that.

The job search is looking up. I had two interviews this week that went really well.I have a 3rd interview with the Girl Scouts on Friday. It also looks like I will be having a second interview with a company called Purple Trout. They do Search Engine Optimization for websites. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm sure the word will spread quickly if I get one of them.

Thanks for all your love and support! Love you and miss you.

Tracey